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As Congress entered the final round of debate Sunday over the controversial health insurance reform bill, a self-described conservative blogger used his public Twitter account to urge the assassination of President Barack Obama. U.S. Secret Service spokesperson Max Milien confirms to DailyFinance: "We are aware of the actual posting and are actively investigating." A request for comment from a Twitter spokesperson hasn't been returned.See full article from DailyFinance: http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/the-secret-service-is-investigating-a-conservative-bloggers-oba/19408303/?icid=sphere_copyright

Forell's tweets used the Twitter "hashtag" of "#tcot" -- which stands for "top conservatives on twitter." That's a list of conservatives on Twitter. Using such a filter makes it easy to find tweets by anyone who uses that tag (#tcot, in this case) to search Twitter.See full article from DailyFinance: http://srph.it/dCqW2m

"Let us all renounce the harsh rhetoric about the POTUS [president of the U.S.]. Several, including myself, hv used inappropriate language. Let's remain civil! #tcot."See full article from DailyFinance: http://srph.it/dCqW2m

Yahoo criticised by Alibaba for 'reckless' China stance Yahoo is reported to have been targeted by hackers in China Yahoo's partner in China has called the US internet giant "reckless" for supporting Google in its stand-off with Beijing over alleged cyber-attacks.Yahoo said it was "aligned" with Google's position that the violati

Yahoo said it was "aligned" with Google's position that the violation of internet privacy was deeply disturbing and something that had to be opposed. But an Alibaba Group spokesman said on Saturday it did not "share this view".

Most of the available e-books will be free, out-of-copyright titles, according to Redgroup managing director Dave Fenlon.

We are all about making eBooks available no matter how customers want to read them," Mr Fenlon said.

Paris-based media rights group Reporters Without Borders on Thursday put Australia and South Korea on its list of countries "under surveillance" in its "Internet Enemies"

Australia was listed for the government's plan to block access to websites featuring material such as rape, drug use, bestiality and child sex abuse.

"This regrettably puts Australia on notice that, despite the Rudd government’s best intentions, any mandatory filtering policy is likely to be perceived internationally in ways that will not benefit our reputation as a free and open society," he said.

The convention, which provides a standard framework for investigating and prosecuting crimes such as fraud, hacking, child pornography and copyright infringement across national borders, has been adopted by more than 45 countries including the US, Canada and Japan.

new laws will be needed in relation to facilitating international co-operation